Alastemeister Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Hello! I used to have a Topic for these, but I have misplaced it. It was also years old, full of garbage, and was unattended. Thus, I've decided to make a new one! Now with 56% less neglect! And free cookies! Oh, and beware of a heavy image load! Anyways, sprites: [spoiler=FE-Related] Here is a sprite I did for Markyjoe1990, just as a small present. I noticed his outdated sprite used in various Ragefests, and decided to make him a new one. Whether he uses it or not is up to him, and was good for practice. It is my first full-custom. This is the mug I'm submitting for Klokinator's little Forums-wide FEXP game. A personal mug, I'm also planning to make'm into an actual character eventually. My second full-custom, with some silly collared jacket I whipped up. Look at dem buttons! (thanks to AstraLunaSol and Seph1212 for some help with this one!) More to come! I will probably toss in some other stuff I've done too. [spoiler=Pogeymins] Personal trainer sprites. I stole the hand on the eyecatch (big sprite) from the male protagonist in HG/SS, because jesus h christ hands Sprites I did for my sister. Sprites I did for my buddy. grah hands and button shirts My friend FaytSaratome's personal sprites. He likes that Premier Ball. My most recent trainer battle sprite of another friend. I started to get tired of the style here, so I suppose it's still WIP. The man pictured assisted me with the overworld sprite. More to come! Edited May 4, 2012 by Sir Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanami Touko Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Your pokemon stuff is okay, but your FE hair is so CHUNKS. Show some detail in that shit man. You're Leonalaste, right? I swear you've come to my streams before. okay checked your profile, yes you are. You should listen to Astra down there; he knows his shit more than even I do. Edited May 3, 2012 by seph1212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Sholes Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 You definitely have a certain style, it's not bad I just feel like it wouldn't fit in well with the FE style. I do like them, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Some tips with FE hair: It uses a lot of the 2nd shade to add depth, right now all you're doing it outlining the general shape of the hair. You're gonna need to just practice to get the hold of using the 2nd shade properly. Also you seem to have a problem with shoulder angles, in both Marc's portrait and your own. The thing with FE mugs is that they almost never look directly at the player. (Unless it's like Lyn where they actually are looking at you.) You have the far shoulder on both mugs show too much. Resulting in the chests of both the mugs look really tiny. If you move the line that indicates the chest/arm separation further to the left, it would probably balance it out and look much better. Pokemon sprites look cool, now you just need to work on getting FE style proper~ Keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 I've messed around with details brought up by you guys, thanks for the input! -I made the silly buttons less... silly. And less square. -As you suggested ALS, I moved the left armpit a bit. Bluh, that whole side is a mess, I might have to redo the armpit and such. -I also tried using the second shade more heavily, along with shading the left bang. -As... ~afk~ or whomever suggested, I lightened up the closed eyes. I think they still look a little funky. I'll mes around and see. -THESE CHUNKS, MAN. I'll try making things look... well, hairier. This would involve using the second shade, I presume? ohai trent Yeah, your streams are funtimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanami Touko Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Yeah, second shade. You've just gotta give the strands more definition so they aren't giant chunks of first shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Alright, so, adding 2nd shade at the bottom of your bangs may help make it seem like it has more depth, but the problem is that it looks like a block now. http://gyazo.com/6fc...a267e1b541230cd kinda like so. You want to add more 2nd shade where you think the hair will cast shadows on other hair, and 3rd shade for the darkest parts. (As a strategy, I usually block the entire hair the 2nd shade, then outline where the darkest areas will be with the 3rd, then highlight where the light will hit with the 1st shade, just remember that most of the time with non complicated hair, the 1st shade should still be the most dominant) This is probably the most difficult part about totally customing hair, knowing where the shadows and light parts are. He also needs the first shade shown on the far side of his face so he looks like his cheek is showing up, the only time you don't have that is if the nose is out a lot. (Which would make the head at a side view) Also you need to learn to anti-alias where hair touches/goes over parts of your face. Also please try to not use so much outline colour with your eyes. You really only need them to connect to the top of your eye and the pupil. Then you can color around it so you can get a good color for your iris. it looks kinda like he's wearing eyeliner Getting a good eye shape/knowing when you have a good eye takes practice, so don't feel too bad if you can't get the hang of it quite yet. Now, onto clothes, try not to put outline right next to skin, it looks really jarring unless you have a really dark fabric. (And even then it looks kinda bad, you have to use the darker skin tones to blend it so it doesn't look terrible) The fix you did is better, but you need to move it even more, you shouldn't be seeing much of the far arm in a 3/4 view, and the way the creases are going disrupts the flow and looks bad. http://gyazo.com/5e8...05b16ad8b005e76 You have to make the far armpit kinda look like that, so it looks like you actually have a chest instead of looking like you're scrunching your shoulders over. Try looking at fe mugs to see how their faces and shading works (go for fe7 hair, fe8 hair is kinda terrible, same with faces) /terrible at organizing cnc sorry for pointing out so many flaws Edited May 3, 2012 by AstraLunaSol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubby Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Thank you for posting that, I just learned a lot too, lol. I may try that hair trick next time I try customing (last time I utterly failed on the hair :/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 No worries about the flaw-pointing, ALS! I can take critique. I'll resume this sprite tomorrow, since it's getting a bit late. Thanks again, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) I changed up the outfit a bit. It felt kinda stupid to have a big shadeless blobcollar. ...and I just noticed a mistake with the button-thing. feh. too lazy to repost to photobucket again. (did it anyway) Would it be alright to post photos of drawings here too? Or would I need to make a topic over in the Creative thread? They're mostly just conceptual things, like plans for sprites or characters. Edited May 3, 2012 by Sir Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubby Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 You could do either one :P If you plan on posting a lot of drawing's, s'probably better to go to creative, but it's up to you X3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 Hokay! Time to post some drawings, and hopefully not get chastised for it. (i swear i'll do sprites more often) Oh, and Photobucket was being a fucking arsebiscuit pain, and rotating some of my images. What the hell, PB? Apologies in advance. [spoiler=Concept Doodlesketch] Concept for Leon Alaste, my avatar character thing guy man. I realise the head is a bit... long. He's also supposed to look maturer, so I guess I dun goof'd. (seriously now what the fuck i rotated it in paint and everything) And have a few more Pokemon things: [spoiler=original characters do not steal] hey look ken sugimori-like characters What I'd think two protagonists with beanies would look like. I really like how the badge-things on the hats came out. I'll throw in some bonuses, too. [spoiler=cookies for all] AN EYE OH MAN A NOSE AND TINY LIPS OH MAN (man that nose bridge is straight) EYES: NOW WITH MORE ANIME also a gengar mouth and some other stuff And lastly, some face, I guess? I'm not sure. (goddamnit PB) Next time on Dragon Ball Z: I actually post sprites, hopefully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 A wild Work-in-Progress appeared! http://gyazo.com/e64a980f1d8eaacd59593bbe62d22f81 Thoughts on the face thus far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstraLunaSol Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Close eye should be moved up one pixel, eyes are rarely on the same level. Also you should try experimenting with different noses, because your personal mug and this one have flat noses. Edited May 6, 2012 by AstraLunaSol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Whoops, school happened! Have a General with most likely undersized armour! (bits and pieces are from some other hackbox i used as a template) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanami Touko Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) Hey Leon, try not to use the FE8 outline when using FE7 skintones and colors. It's a bit too dark on them. His head's also at a pretty awkward angle to his body. Edited May 9, 2012 by seph1212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 (edited) I thought it looked a little off. Thanks! I messed with FE8 tones and it looks more fitting, as you suggested, Seph. Sorry if I seem a bit slow tonight-- I'm also working on a project. Not sure what t'do about the head angle, though. Edited May 9, 2012 by Sir Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astelaine Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 The head in general appears very large compared to the game mugs. Make sure you measure similar portraits and compare their dimensions to yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peachar Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Angles. Angles everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 i mades an overworld Thanks for pointing out the angular problems. I'll get to them when I have the time and motivation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nayr Farros Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 i mades an overworld Thanks for pointing out the angular problems. I'll get to them when I have the time and motivation! Looks a little bit big for a map sprite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feaw Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 It's called zooming in, Nayr >>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Er, yeah. It's 16x16, I just zoomed in for easier viewing of the pixels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deranger Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Looks good, yet would still probably look fairly unique in game. There needs to be more map sprite spriters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastemeister Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Oh man, school and other assorted shenanigans happened, and still are happening. May as well squeeze in some stuff while I'm at it! I gave him a quiver filled with some (admittedly) horrible-looking disproportionate arrows. Feh, any advice for them? Meanwhile, I remade a lot of things on Mr. Leon here. Are the angles alright? Is the hair too messy-looking? Does he look General-like at all? Hit me with the criticism, ladies and gentlemen! I can take it! @deranger: Yeah, I noticed there weren't too many people interested in map sprites. I could give them a try, I suppose. Maybe I should go ahead and make a proper female Merc for public use...? (apologies in advance for any stupidity or nonsense, it's 2 am here and I'm falling asleep as i type this.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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